Bottle case



Dec. 20, 1955 INVENTOR Haro/d 6". Zaszrow BY m `L1N TTORNEY BOTTLE CASE2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 2l, 1951 INVENTOR ATTORNEY United StatesPatent O BOTTLE CASE Harold G. Zastrow, Minneapolis, Minn., assignor toWaldorf Paper Products Company, St. Paul, Minn., a corporation ofMinnesota Application February 21, 1951, Serial No. 212,155

1 Claim. (Cl. 229-52) The present invention relates to an improvement inbottle cases and deals particularly with a carrying case for carryingbottled goods and the like.

Bottled goods are often sold in tray-like cases having intersectingfillers to divide the tray into aseries of bottle receiving cells. Suchcases usually contain 24 bottles. In certain instances, it isadvantageous to be able to handle half this number of b'ottles at atime. The present invention resides in the provision of a case designedto contain twenty-four bottles and which is formed with two separablecarrier parts, each of which contains twelve bottles.

A feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a bottlecase employing a tray shaped receptacle of proper size to contain twoadditional containers. Each of these containers is designed to containtwelve bottles and each is separately removable and replaceable in theouter tray. Thus half of the contents of the case may be handledat atime, thus greatly simplifying the handling and carrying operation.

A feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a traycontaining a pair of inner containers, each of which is provided withhandles so that it may be separately lifted and carried. Thus the entirecase may be placed'in a suitable storage spot and half of the contentsremoved at a time for cooling or for use.

An added feature of the present invention resides in the handlestructure of the individual case parts. Each of the individuallyremovable inner containers includes a pair of handles which are normallyin inoperative posi-` tion in which position they strengthen andreinforce the side of the case. When desired the handles may be liftedinto operable position and swung into carrying position so that thebottles may be conveniently handled.

An added feature of the present invention resides in the provision of atray having hand holds at opposite ends thereof and in providingindividual separable receptacles which lit snugly into the tray andwhich may be carried therewith. The inner receptacles are provided withhand holds which match the hand holds of the outer tray so that the handmay extend both through the wall of the tray and through the wall of theinner container in lifting the entire tray. Each inner receptacle isalso provided with a second pair of opposed hand holds located near theupper extremity of the receptacle and located above the level of theouter enclosing tray so that the inner receptacles may be lifted bythese hand holds.

These and other objects and novel features of the present invention willbe more clearly and fully set forth in the following specification andclaims.

In the drawings forming a part of the specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire assembly in readiness foruse.

Figure 2 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of one of the innercontainers showing the construction thereof.

Figure 3 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of the outer trayshowing the construction thereof.

2,727,677 Patented Dec. 20, 1955 Figure 4 is an end view of one of theinner containers showing the handles in operative position.

Figure 5 is a diagrammatic view of a blank of which the inner containeris formed.

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic view of an end of the inner container. p

Figure 7 is an elevation view of one of the handles of the innercontainer.

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view of the body portion of the outer tray.

Figure 9 is a diagrammatic view of an end of the outer tray.

As illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings, the case includes a tray 10and a pair of inner containers 11 and 12. Both of the inner containersare identical in shape and size and accordingly only one such innercontainer is specifically described. The outer tray 10 is provided witha body portion 13 illustrated in detail in Figure 8 of the drawings andends 14 therefor illustrated in detail in Figure 9. The body 13 includesa bottom panel 15 which is connected along parallel fold lines 16 and 17to wall panels 19 and 20. The wall panels 19 and 20 are connected alongparallel fold lines 21 and 22 to reinforcing flaps 23 and 24. Y

The bottom panel is connected along fold lines 25 and 26 to end aps 27and 29.` The panel 19 is connected along these fold lines 25 and 26 toend aps 30 and 31. The wall panel is `also connected along the foldlines and 26 to end aps 32 and 33.

The ends 14 comprise a pair of panels 34 and 35 connected along acentral fold line 36. Hand holds 37 are provided in both panels, thesehand holds being similarly spaced relative to the fold line 36 so thatthe two holes align in folded condition of the clase ends.

In assembling the tray 10'into the form illustrated in Figure 3 of thedrawings, the end panels 14 are folded along their center fold line 36so that the two panels are in surface contact. The ends are thenstitched Vto the ends of the body 13, the end flaps 27, 30 and 32overlying one of the ends and being stitched thereto, and the ilaps 29,31 and 33 overlying the other case end and being stitched thereto. Thereinforcing flaps 23 and 24 are folded down inwardly of their respectiveside walls 19 and 2l) and are stitched thereto as shown in Figure 3.

Each of the inner receptacles 11 is provided with a body 39 and a pairof ends 40. The body 39 includes a bottom panel 41 connected alongparallel fold lines 42 and 43 to side wall panels 44 and 45. These sidewall panels 44 and 45 are connected along fold lines 46 and 47 toreinforcing tlanges 49 and 50. Hand holes 51 and 52 are provided in thepanels 44 and 45 and are spaced from the fold lines 42 and 43 a suitabledistance so that the hand holes 51 and 52 align with the hand holes 37when the inner containers 11 and 12 are placed within the outer tray 1t)as shown in Figure l.

The bottom panel 41 is connected along fold lines 53 and 54 to end ilaps55 and 56 respectively. The wall panel 44 is connected along extensionsof the fold lines 53 and 54 to end flaps 57 and 59. The wall panel 45 issimilarly connected along the fold lines 53 and 54 to end ilaps and 61.

The inner container ends 40 include a main wall panel 62 and thereinforcing flange 63 connected thereto along a fold line 64. A handhole is provided within the wall panel 62 just below the level of theflange 63 when this flange is folded down to lie inwardly of the wallpanel 62. In assembling the inner containers 11 and 12, the reinforcingllanges 49 and 50 are folded to lie inwardly of the wall panels 44 and45 and are stitched thereto. The ends 40 are similarly formed by foldingthe reinforcing flanges 63 along the fold lines 64 and by stitching theflanges 63 in this folded position. The end panels 40 are next securedto the case body 39 by folding the flanges 55, 57, and 60 outwardly ofone end panel 62 and stitching these flaps to the end panel. The endflaps 56, 59 and 61 are similarly folded over the other end panel 62 andare stitched thereto in the manner illustrated in Figure 2 of thedrawings.

The side wall panels 44 and 45 are provided with a pair of spacedapertures 66 located on the fold lines 46 and 47. A wire handle 67 ofthe type illustrated in Figure 7 of the drawings is threaded through theapertures 66, preferably before the reinforcing anges 49 and 50 arestitched. The handles 67 include a hand engaging portion 69 which isconnected at opposite ends to handle arms 70 and 71. These armsterminate in inturned extremities 72 and 73 which are designed to engageagainst the fold lines 46 and 47 in elevated position of the handles. Inlowered position of the handles, the hand engaging portions 69 rest uponthe upper surface of the fold lines 46 and 47.

In usual practice llers indicated in general by the numeral 74 areplaced within the inner containers 11 and 12 to provide cells for thebottles. The bottles are next placed in the cells, either before orafter the inner containers 11 and 12 have been placed in the outer tray10. In placing the containers 11 and 12 in the tray 10, the containersare turned in such a way that the ends of the inner containers face theside Walls of the tray body. As a result the hand holes 51 and 52 willalign with the hand holes 37 in the tray ends. This permits the hand toextend not only through the wall of the outer tray, but also through thewall of the inner receptacles when the case is carried.

The handles 67 usually rest in the position illustrated in Figures 1 and2 of the drawings. In this position the wire portions of the handleextend inwardly of the side wall panels 44 and 45 and assist inreinforcing the case, particularly from a compression standpoint. Whenit is desired to lift the inner container by its handles, the handlesare drawn upwardly in a vertical direction until the inturned ends 72and 73 of the handles engage within the fold lines 46 and 47. At thispoint the two handles may swing toward one another as indicated inFigure 4 of the drawings for assistance in carrying the inner container.

.The inner cases may likewise be lifted through the use of the handholes 65. It will be noted from Figure l of the drawings that these handholes are above the level of the outer tray, while the other hand holesare below the level thereof to register with the hand holes of the tray.

The hand engaging portions 69 of the handles 67 are of proper width toallow thehandle arms to straddle bottles carried in the innercontainers. In the form of construction illustrated the cases are soproportioned as to contain three rows of bottles in a directionlongitudinally of the outer tray and four rows of bottles in a directiontransversely of the outer tray. The handles are proportioned so that thearms 70 and 71 are substantially the width of two cells and are spacedthe length of one cell from each side of the case so that in elevatedposition the handles straddle the bottles in the inner container.

In accordance with the patent statutes, the principles of constructionand operation of the bottle case have been described and while it hasbeen endeavored to set forth the best embodiment thereof, it is desiredto have it understood that obvious changes may be made Within the scopeof the following claim without departing from the spirit of the presentinvention.

I claim: v

A multiple bottle carrier case in combination for lifting and carrying amultiplicity of separable bottle carrying cases including an outer tray,a pair of .inner containers fitting snugly within said tray andextending above the level thereof, hand holes in the ends of said trayand corresponding hand holes-in the inner containers, whereby the trayand containers may be simultaneously lifted, and a second pair of handholes in the inner containers above the level of the tray, the innercontainers being individually and separably removable from the outertray.

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